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Geri is On a Roll!
Geri Spieler held a book launch party for Regina of Warsaw: Love, Loss and Liberation under the pear tree in her yard for an audience of a few friends and colleagues. The story based on her grandmother’s life has already received a five-star award from Literary Titan. It was just announced as the 2024 New York Book Festival winner. She’s had three radio/TV interviews about Regina of Warsaw in the UK, one with the BBC. She’s appeared in an interview on NPR-QUED. And if all this isn’t enough, she just added, “I've had 16 media and print publications pick up on Regina.”Whoot, Geri! And get this, folks! She still has time for her chickens!
Cynthia McCarthy award
President Geri Spieler awarded a plaque of appreciation to Cynthia McCarthy of Palo Alto Rinconada Library for her support in bringing Writers Helping Writers to the community. Cynthia started it all when she was at the San Mateo Library before leaving to work at Rinconada, where she introduced it again. Member Tuula Laine carries the support forward in San Mateo.
Geri’s podcast!
Geri Spieler recorded a show about her creative nonfiction book, Taking Aim at the President: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Shot at Gerald Ford, for iHeart Media. It will be about San Francisco in the 70's and will include info from her book. In addition, her book is being republished by Diversion Books under the title Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford.